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A quick look at Android release names, tags and build numbers (lightning talk)

UB4.132 | Day 1 | 14:25 - 14:35 | Speakers: Chris Simmonds

A quick look at Android release names, tags and build numbers (lightning talk)
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Abstract

There are a lot of code releases from AOSP: there is a major release once per year, Quarterly Platform Releases (QPR) every quarter, plus releases specific to particular segments, such as Automotive, or devices, e.g. the Pixel Fold. On top of this there are regular security fixes.

This short talk will try to make sense of all of these data points, and show how they relate back to the release number, which is the canonical identifier of a release.

Key takeaway: Knowing the way Google identifies releases helps you understand the release cadence and which tag you may want to use when building Android

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Chris Simmonds

Chris Simmonds is a software consultant and professional geek living in Northern England. He has more than two decades of experience in designing and building open-source embedded systems. He is a big believer in Open Source and the importance of community. He is the author of the book “Mastering Embedded Linux Programming”, and is the moving force behind the AOSP and AAOS Meetup group (aospandaaos.github.io/). He is a frequent presenter at open source and embedded conferences, including OSS and FOSDEM. You can see some of his work on the “Inner Penguin” blog at 2net.co.uk.

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